Tuesday, May 31, 2016

Much news focuses on the problems of Europe. Let's think of our Progress.

We're not at WAR. Please understand the arms dealers and big-money militarists are disappointed their munitions markets have largely evaporated. The Germans are not arming themselves against the French, the Greeks against the Brits. Our young people are not conscripted for military service, then thrown into battle to be butchered.

We do not suffer from arbitrary search & seizure at each of Europe's internal borders. Those of us who remember passport controls & inquisitive customs officials are very happy those days are gone.

We can holiday easily around Europe and the wider world. We enjoy foods and products from most everywhere. We exchange information and combine our energies to minimize abuses.

The terror killed 60,000+ people, while 400,000 were arrested, tortured & imprisoned. Of course the Yankee strategists and criminal funders can still be prosecuted, but corruption runs deep. Most politicians are just puppets -- the destructive tools of monstrously dirty capitalists who can live anywhere - or nowhere. Mega-yachts vs. farmers and activist laborers.

Find those truly Guilty... Convicted criminals should imprisoned, if possible, and purged of social honors. The town squares, bridges, and city streets named after these killers should be renamed.

Many American cheats & frauds have been apprehended - some belatedly (such as Marion Jones) - but we can imagine many dozens, hundreds, or perhaps thousands have avoided being caught. The USA is clearly a bad judge for others when American Lance Armstrong, the most notorious sport cheat in history, has not been criminally prosecuted and continues to live fat on his ill-gotten gains.

Monday, May 23, 2016

Various pundits are criticizing Sen. Bernie Sanders for staying active in the U.S. Presidential race although behind Sec. Hillary Clinton for the Democratic nomination.

Here are three of many Reasons Sanders Should Continue:Basic Problems with America
Sanders highlights many fundamental problems with American society, and pledges to fix them. High student tuition harms mobility and makes our social class system more rigid. Limited access to medical care shortens American lives, as does endless overseas warfare. The influence of Big Finance on the political process is corrupting. Sanders makes a strong point that many of these problems, and the reforms he proposes, are being discussed only as long as he's a candidate. If Sanders drops out, corporatists Clinton & Trump and the lapdog corporatist media will ignore such topics.

Long & Winding Road
The U.S. election process is unduly long, painful, and fundamentally unreasonable. A great many mechanisms such as gerrymandering and insider manipulations (such as the superdelegate system) are undemocratic. Voting places are poorly operated. Voters are treated with disdain - and we've become too accustomed to bad treatment by government and social services. The integrity of American democracy is simply an imaginary fiction. The voting machine scandals of Florida (2000) and Ohio (2004) are likely to recur in other states. American politics is dirty and corrupt - look carefully: it's clear we're being suckered. Sanders is drawing attention to the flawed election process, and the more we see, the more chance for true reform... as we sheep awaken.

Clinton Might Collapse
If Clinton were to be elected she'd finish her first term aged 73. She's certain to face strong opposition and frictions throughout her term. Why bother? Half or more of the nation seem to hate her. Even many of her supporters believe she's a corporate shill. Can they pay her enough? Life is short... And who knows about accidents, etc. -- Until the National Convention (and of course afterward) there are hundreds of possible misfortunes that could negatively influence any candidate. Better there's an available alternative, such as Senator Sanders, prepared to take up the torch.

Few Americans are familiar with the mechanics used by Hitler & the National Socialists to grab and maintain power. Using legal loopholes such as Artikel 48 and Notverordnung (emergency decree), they were able to bypass the rule of law.

US National Security Agency (NSA) whistleblowers, and now a top official from the Department of Defense Inspector General's Office (John Crane) are frighteningly critical.

According to William Binney, former NSA official: "They’re saying, 'We’re doing this to protect you' -- I will tell you that that’s
exactly what the Nazis said in Special Order 48 in 1933 – we’re doing
this to protect you. And that’s how they got rid of all of their
political opponents."

"These are strong statements – comparing the actions of the US
government to Nazi Germany, warning of an emerging “police state” – so
it’s worth remembering who made them. The NSA whistleblowers were not
leftwing peace nuts. They had spent their professional lives inside the
US intelligence apparatus – devoted, they thought, to the protection of
the homeland and defence of the constitution. They were political conservatives, highly educated, respectful of
evidence, careful with words. And they were saying, on the basis of
personal experience, that the US government was being run by people who
were willing to break the law and bend the state’s awesome powers to
their own ends. They were saying that laws and technologies had secretly
been put in place that threatened to overturn the democratic governance
Americans took for granted and shrink their liberties to a vanishing
point. And they were saying that something needed to be done about all
this before it was too late."

Thursday, May 19, 2016

It's great there's movement to better recognize the simple mechanics of antibiotic danger. Using broad spectrum medicines "clears the table" for a wholly open playground: where any opportunistic or resistant organisms can reproduce & thrive.

The infecting Pigs in this headline are the drug companies. Our system and their business models do not allow patents and exclusive licensing of naturally-occurring antibacterial agents. Phage biology has been ignored far too long. The upcoming deaths from antibacterial resistance we bring piggishly upon ourselves.

Tuesday, May 17, 2016

A range of people want Hawaiian independence. Some claim or 'demand' independence, but do nothing to rebuild the Hawaiian Nation other than criticize. Some weasels surely seek to stifle Hawaiian self-governance while claiming otherwise.

"Indigenous" as an organizing mechanism?
Some Hawaiian Kingdom supporters fight Native Hawaiian & indigenous self-government efforts. They argue the multi-ethnic Hawaiian Kingdom existing at the 1893 overthrow is supremely important. But the fight to regain indigenous rights and lands is much more than a globally recognized organizing mechanism. Those who claim to be patriots yet sacrifice Native Hawaiians are deceptive - perhaps even deceiving themselves. If their ancestors were loyal to the crown, surely justice-minded Hawaiians can & will recognize such facts.

Recognize as well that the Hawaiian community controversially integrated for a few brief decades before losing control of our nation. This happened after many centuries of our people being regional stewards to the grand Hawaiian land, seas, and surroundings.

The illegal Provisional Government, the Republic of Hawaii, and the subsequent US Occupation are a dark shadow over the Hawaiian archipelago. Their continuing violence and atrocities leave many imbalances. Never forget: they brought violence and a foreign military.

Hawaiians have grown distrustful. We've learned the need to carefully monitor government. But we should be able to delegate responsibilities.

Native Hawaiians have been caretakers of the islands for many hundreds of years. It is our right and our responsibility to continue. We cannot rely upon the US government in faraway Washington D.C. We're obstructed by the Yankee military machine, leaking poisons, grossly sprawled everywhere. We need a self-governing Hawaiian nation. Allowing self-government for Native Hawaiians is just, fair, and smart.

Thursday, May 12, 2016

Donald Trump & Co. have four or more major corporate bankruptcies. What does this mean? It fundamentally means he's UNDEPENDABLE. He's shown 4+ times he'll fuck you over with no remorse.

I'm a businessperson, and highly trained in business. Agreements & honor are important, and it's best whenever possible to avoid the shadier edge of business.

Below is a disturbing news article about shady business. How can a company be suddenly bankrupt, but "not affected, still hiring, still growing"... ?

Unfair? How is bankruptcy fair to those whose unpaid services you've abused?

The true bottom line is to compete with such a firm is toxic. They're able to undersell when they've no intention to pay creditors. They run-up debts, and run away. They are harmful parasites. They hurt those around them and the larger community cause they cheat, and their manipulations run-up costs for everyone. They then spin vague stories excusing their self-indulgence and failure to perform properly. If a large unpaid account damaged your firm (for example), at least explain full details. Otherwise, you're a bum.

The Donald Trump has shown multiple times he's that type of parasite: BUM

Disposal company with Cape contracts files for bankruptcy
ABC Disposal has signed more than half a dozen Cape towns for trash disposal services

By Mike Lawrence The Standard-Times

Posted May 11, 2016

NEW BEDFORD — ABC Disposal Service has filed for Chapter 11
bankruptcy protection but the financial maneuver won’t affect trash removal in
southeastern Massachusetts or the more than 200 people employed by the company
and affiliates, a company official said Wednesday.

"Our customers are not affected and our employees are
not affected. In fact, we’re still hiring," ABC CEO Michael Camara said. "We’re
still growing and still charging forward."

More than a half dozen Cape towns, including Harwich,
Mashpee, Orleans, Wellfleet, Provincetown, Barnstable, and Dennis, had signed
up over the past several years to ship solid waste to the new plant but its
opening has been repeatedly delayed.

"They will not be affected," Camara said. "We
are not for sale. We are not going out of business."

The filing announced Wednesday was made in the Massachusetts
district of U.S. Bankruptcy Court. It affects ABC Disposal Service, Inc., New
Bedford Waste Services, LLC, and other affiliates. Camara said ABC and New
Bedford Waste have some of the same owners. ABC Disposal handles trash removal
— with more than 100 trucks operating in southeastern Massachusetts and
Martha’s Vineyard, Camara said — while New Bedford Waste handles waste
recycling and transfers. New Bedford Waste owns a construction and demolition
debris recycling facility in Sandwich, which was destroyed in a fire in 2014
but later reopened. ABC Disposal operates out of several regional locations and
is headquartered on Shawmut Avenue in New Bedford’s North End, near New Bedford
Regional Airport.

While ABC has "been working on the refinancing for a
while," he expected the issue to be resolved in the near future, Camara
said.

"I have several investment bankers working on this,"
Camara said. "We expect to start to see term sheets and letters of intent
very soon."

Rumors of financial challenges for ABC have circulated for
several months. But Ken Blanchard, New Bedford’s director of facilities and
fleet management, said in February that he wasn’t aware of any problems.

"The city’s contract with them is solid, and their
performance is solid," Blanchard said at the time. "From what I see,
everything’s going along pretty smoothly."

Blanchard said ABC is responsible for all of the curbside
trash and recycling collection in New Bedford, in addition to its contracts
across the region. City officials could not be reached after Camara’s
announcement of the filing early Wednesday evening.

ABC Disposal has been in business in New Bedford for 49
years. Combined employment for ABC and New Bedford Waste can reach 230 people
in the summer months, Camara said. When asked in February about potential
financial troubles, Camara said "rumors" of layoffs or litigation
were false and "very disturbing." No layoffs or legal disputes have
arisen as a result of the Chapter 11 financing, he said.

"This doesn’t stop us," Camara said. "This
just gives us the time to reorganize the company and get our financing
finished."

We make hundreds of mistakes everyday - many are deadly errors. We're now led to expect to pay the minimum amount possible, including with mission-critical public procurement, though many such transactions predictably will fall apart. America doesn't take proper care of its many retired soldiers. America needs to withdraw from overseas adventurism and instead "get its house in order." Hopefully this can be done without violence and zealotry. But US history is rooted in ruthless brutality. Reform in the USA is likely to lead to widespread repression before anything gets better...

Monday, May 02, 2016

It's horrible making payments on credit card debt - interest rates are high & largely hidden. How much did you pay in interest & financing last year? Probably more than you know. Look at those numbers and weep.

Bank (lender) cost of capital is very low.

What's worst, those same banks got free money from the US government at the Bush-Obama bailout. They needed it - because they were scammy shitty businessmen. But the people paid their bills.

Why should Big Capital get helped, and the little guy gets a sharp stick up the ass?

Vote Democrat, Vote Republican -- both are corporatist.
They don't care for you at all.
Wake up America -